Nav Canada technicians ratify new labor pact

Nav Canada's 700 technicians represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted to ratify a tentative collective bargaining agreement reached last month with the air navigation services provider. The new contract runs until Aug. 31, 2011, and provides for wage increases of 1% retroactive to Sept. 1, 2009, 1% retroactive to March 1 and 1% retroactive to Sept. 1. There will be an additional 1.5% increase on March 1, 2011.

Nav Canada's 700 technicians represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted to ratify a tentative collective bargaining agreement reached last month with the air navigation services provider. The new contract runs until Aug. 31, 2011, and provides for wage increases of 1% retroactive to Sept. 1, 2009, 1% retroactive to March 1 and 1% retroactive to Sept. 1. There will be an additional 1.5% increase on March 1, 2011.

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